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Pumpkin spice products on shelves

correlates with

US self-published books per year

r = 0.95796% · 2010-2021
Pumpkin spice products on shelvesUS self-published books per year

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Data Sources

Pumpkin spice products on shelvesnielseniq.com
US self-published books per yearpublishersweekly.com
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